JFK Shooting, possible?

[The Annoyed Man]

You guys can't be serious. All the people that had reason to want JFK dead and you think one little nobody came out of nowhere and did it?

Why not? Most assassinations of political figures throughout recorded history have been by nobodies:

Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli Prime Minister by Yigal Amir
Bobby Kennedy by Sirhan Sirhan
Archduke Ferdinand by Gavrilo Princip
Abe Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth
etc

You betcha... but people are going to believe what they want to believe. I'm thinkin' dead horse here...

[chabouk]

I've never tried it but I can't believe it could be that easy to get 2 out of 3 shots into a moving target with a bolt action rifle through a scope in that amount of time.

Plenty of people have tried it, and duplicated it successfully. I've seen several shows duplicating it.

[driver8]

You can duplicate anything if you try enough times. I'm not someone that believes in conspiracies. In fact this is the only one I can think of that I do believe. I've had an interest in this ever since it happened and I've studied it. It was a different time back then. I don't think you could double cross the mafia the way the Kennedy's did and get away with it. Even if Oswald was that good I can't see how he made that last bullet loop around and come in from the front.

[jimlongley]

I've never tried it but I can't believe it could be that easy to get 2 out of 3 shots into a moving target with a bolt action rifle through a scope in that amount of time.

Plenty of people have tried it, and duplicated it successfully. I've seen several shows duplicating it.

Interesting, though, that it took so many years to duplicate.

Not saying that it could not be done, just that for years afterward there were few, if any, duplications. Maybe it's just all that practice that allowed them to finally get it right, years of practice, using the exact scenario, just like Oswald had.

[glbedd53]

I would not say impossible Oswald could have done it, just really unlikely. Some of you are not old enough to remember all of this but it was a different time then. A lot of things were hidden from us because "we couldn't handle the truth". None of us ever heard about all the presidents love affairs (especially JFK). None of us ever heard about J. Edgar Hoover being gay. The public was never told or shown anything about FDR being crippled (my parents never had a clue). The media just concealed the truth about all those kinds of things in those days. I have no doubt about the moon landings but I have HUGE doubts that Oswald killed JFK. Even if he was that good,which I doubt, I still don't see how he made that last bullet loop around and come in from the front. Sirhan Sirhan might not have been a nobody (just because YOU never heard of him ). RFK would have had a huge target on his back in those days the way he was going after the mob. I think if you do a little reading about Joe Kennedy Sr.(and his mob ties) and LBJ for that matter and see the way things were done then and how JFK got the party nomination (even the election was questionable) and then turned on the mafia, I could just about argue that JFK commited suicide by even sticking his head out of the white house, much less riding through a crowd in an open car.

[driver8]

I guess you think Jack Ruby acted alone too. Even the Warren commission doesn't deny Ruby was organized crime connected all the way. I guess he just loved JFK so much he just had to have vengence. Yeah right.

[casingpoint]

he just loved JFK so much

Well, there you have it. Jack Ruby was gay, J. Edgar Hoover was gay and that short fat guy on The Sopranos was gay, confirming the existence of gays in The Mob. Gay America killed JFK. He was doing too much to promote heterosexual activity. If JFK had been allowed to raise the straight bar by his example to new heights, gays would never have been able to come out of the closet like they have. How did the Warren Commission ever over look this theory? Did gays on the commission quash the matter by making Oswald the lone shooter??? And just what kind of movies did that Dallas theater play that Oswald frequented, was there a Hollywood connection?

[driver8]

Man, I never thought of that! You're smart! All these years and now I see it. Oswald did do it! I feel so stupid.

[mymojo]

he just loved JFK so much

Well, there you have it. Jack Ruby was gay, J. Edgar Hoover was gay and that short fat guy on The Sopranos was gay, confirming the existence of gays in The Mob. Gay America killed JFK. He was doing too much to promote heterosexual activity. If JFK had been allowed to raise the straight bar by his example to new heights, gays would never have been able to come out of the closet like they have. How did the Warren Commission ever over look this theory? Did gays on the commission quash the matter by making Oswald the lone shooter??? And just what kind of movies did that Dallas theater play that Oswald frequented, was there a Hollywood connection?

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[marksiwel]

Ah I love Simpsons quotes

[casingpoint]

mymojo wrote--Your theories intrigue me. I'd like to subscribe to your newsletter.

My mojo's not for sale. Besides, it's all here for free since Al Gore invented the internet.

[glbedd53]

As long as we're being ridiculous, I think Oswald was framed. Lets just call it a hunting accident. Then Jack Ruby's gun accidently went off. Just some freak events. Besides, it couldn't have been a conspiracy, the federal govt. and the History channel said so. They couldn't say it if it wasn't true. The mob wouldn't kill a predident. They're just misunderstood.

[glbedd53]

What bullet from the front? Watch the film. Yes there always some that would like to harm the president. JFK , or really RFK , just stepped on the wrong organization's toes. The other presidents threats don't come from as capable people as JFK's did. The toes the current pres has stepped on are ours , law abiding citizens, and we are no threat to him except that one day in November.

[SQLGeek]

The other presidents threats don't come from as capable people as JFK's did.

Other presidents such as Abraham Lincoln? If there truly was a conspiracy, don't you think it would be nigh impossible for everyone involved to remain silent on the matter for 47 years?